He has plenty of company. Inc., the “We’ve seen a huge demand spike because of tariffs,” Slope co-founder Alice Deng said in an interview. “The impact was immediate.”President Donald Trump has said his tariff strategy will protect American industry and bring well-paying manufacturing jobs back to the US. A coalition of Live EventsThe American consumer has largely been unaffected so far by the trade war, as Trump’s backers like to note, but shoppers are usually the last ones to feel the effects since it can ...